Apparatus for sweating tobacco



(N0 Model.)

B. W. SMALLEY, & R. G. JQKENNARD, Jr;

APPARATUS FOR SWEATING TOBACCO. 1

7 o.- 252370. Patented Jani. 10,1882.

MN MW U T D T TES FREDERICK w. SMALLEY AND ROBERT G. J. KENNARD; OF BROOKLYN,

' NEW-YORK.

. APPARATUS FOR syvEATme-ToBAcpo.

SPECIFIGLTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,270, dated January 10, 182. r Q .7 Applieation filed August], 1881. (No modcl To all whom itmay concern:

Be it'known that we, FREDERICK W. SMAL- LEY and ROBERT G. J. KENNARD, J a, both citizens of the United States, residing-at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York have invented new and usefullmprovements in Apparatus for Sweating Tobacco, of

. same whemthe top part or cover. is taken ofl'l' which the following is a specificationfi This invention relates to the novel construction and arrangement of the casein which the tobacco is exposed to the sweating operation, said construction beiughereinafter fully point ed out. I

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of our case'partlyin seetion" Fig.2.is aplan or top view-of the Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the false bottom of our case on alarger scale than the previous figures. Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, the letter A designates the body of our case, and B is its top or cover.

Both these parts are constructed of sheet metal. by preference in the manner shown in Fig. 2, wherea a. a? a designate the'sides and ends of the body'A, each of said sides and ends being constructed of plates of sheet metal, theends of which are bent at right angles, as shown in Fig. 2. After these plates have been united by soldering or otherwise, both parts of our case are strengthened and protectedby guardrails b b c c, which are secured to the outside of the body A and cover B, by rivets, screws, or other suitable means, the railsb on the body being so placed that they form arim against which the rails c of the cover close. When the cover is put on it is retained in position by suitable catches, d d, which are sehorizontal partition, h, forming a compartment, D, for the reception of an absorbent materm-such as charcoal-thepartition It being perforated to permit the gases which escape from the tobacco during the sweating operation to enter lhe coin partment D,'in which they are retained by the charcoal or other absorbent material. 7

The body- A of our case is provided with a false bottom, E, the sides of which are bent downward, as shown in Fig. 3, to form arched feet e,which restupon the bot tomFof the body.

'When the false bottom is in position in the body A its feet are at a small distance from the sides of the body, and said feet are provided with perforations g, so that the juices and drainage running down from the tobacco during the operation of sweating willfind their way into the spaceWbeneath the false bottom.

This space may be charged with a. suitable absorbing material, which absorbs the juices and'zdrainage"of theiobacco and'prevents the evolution of noxious gases.

The false bottom E is supported by cleats g g, inserted between it and the bottom of the body A. This bottom is protected by a shield, G, which is composed of wooden slats fastened together by cleats H, said cleats being secured to the guard-rails b, Fig. 1, so as to leave a space between the shield G and the bottom F .for the heat to circulate. By this shield the bottom F of thebody is protected against injury without shutting ofi the heat.

Our apparatusis designed to be used in a dryatmosphere or dry heat. We case the tobacco in a casing-water -such, for instance, as

a solution of lime in water-and after the tobacco has been thoroughly cased we pack it in the chest A, and when all is packed the cover,

Bis applied and the whole case is put in a sweat-room heated to about 85.Fahrenheit.

. .We do not give in this specification a detailed description "of our casing-water, such forming the subject-matter of aseparate application for a patent.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus for sweating tobacco, in

which is combined a body for containing the tobacco, a movable cover provided with a stationary horizontal foraminous partition, and a filling of charcoal or other absorbent material interposed betweenthepartition and the cover,

for absorbing and retaining the gases arising from the tobacco during the sweating operation substantially as described.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbei'ore described, of the body A, the cover B, the compartment I) in the cover, the false bottom E, and the space F beneath said false bottsm and communicating with the interior of the body A. s

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, oi'the body A,t1ie cover B, the guard-rails b b c c,the shield G, and cleats H.

In tesiimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands and seals in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. SMALLEY. [L ROBERT G. J. KENNARD, JR. (I, Witnesses:

EDMUNDLKLEIM, MYER FOSTER. 

